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A Poem for the First Anniversary of the Insurrection
SHIP OF STATE A while back I got tired of worrying about you now, I’m serious, I long to take care of you. —Horace, Odes I:XIV The Ship of State’s been listing since Brits torched the old White House. Who’d think it now, considering our marble Capitol massive as Giza or the Taj Mahal.Read More
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News Flash: PoBiz Highly Competitive!
More on Alfred Douglas here The ten most competitive jobs in America based on data from the Occupational Information Network (O*NET), a U.S. Department of Labor database full of detailed information on occupations. Note where being a poet falls in terms of competitiveness. Of course, the only poets in the U.S. for whom poetry is a job are … oh, yeah: There aren’t any! Though there are jobs out there that one’s standing as a poet depend on. How many? I haven’t found a source for that information.Read More
Joseph Hutchison, Colorado Poet Laureate 2014-2019, has published 20 collections of poems and edited or co-edited three poetry anthologies. He currently directs two master’s-level programs for University College at the University of Denver: Professional Creative Writing and Arts & Culture Management. Joe lives with his wife, Melody Madonna, in the mountains southwest of Denver, Colorado, the city where he was born. 
